May 17, 20205 yr Author Ouch!! 1989 was also not a great year for me, for different reasons - my grandma fell ill over Xmas 88, and died in April. The song that reminds me of driving to Liverpool for the funeral is Donna Summer's This Time.. - a chart-topper for me with lots of emotions mixed up in it. So 5 chart-toppers for me: Donna, Dusty's Nothing Has Been Proved, Kate Bush This Woman's Work, Madonna Express Yourself, Sydney's If Only. Again of lots of number 2's though: Liza, Black Box, Madonna Like A Prayer, Depeche Personal Jesus. OK, here's a treat I'm going to piggy-back on your thread: Number Ones for the years I've digitised already: 1984-1989, includes new tracks only for the time, and tracks from that period that topped my charts in later years being added in. Year of release except for those tracks that topped in January/Feb of the year after a late-previous-year release. So no year will add up to 52 weeks. 1984 Nobody Told Me John Lennon 1 Relax Frankie Goes To Hollywood 3 Radio Ga Ga Queen 3 Somebody's Watching Me Rockwell/ Michael Jackson 3 It's A Miracle Culture Club 2 Wood Beez (Pray Like Aretha Franklin) Scritti Politti 4 The Lebanon The Human League 4 You're The Best Thing The Style Council 3 Two Tribes Frankie Goes To Hollywood 6 Life On Your Own The Human League 2 Eyes Without A Face Billy Idol 1 Careless Whisper George Michael 2 I Just Called To Say I Love You Stevie Wonder 1 Madame Butterfly Malcolm McLaren 1 The War Song Culture Club 4 Drive/ (Orchestral Version) The Cars 7 The Wild Boys Duran Duran 2 Sex Crime (1984) Eurythmics 1 The Power Of Love Frankie Goes To Hollywood 3 Do They Know It's Christmas Band Aid 1 Last Christmas/Everything She Wants Wham! 6 It's My Life Talk Talk 2 Holiday Madonna 1 Young At Heart The Bluebells 3 When Doves Cry Prince 1 The Killing Moon Echo & The Bunnymen 2 1985 Since Yesterday Strawberry Switchblade 1 I Want To Know What Love Is Foreigner 2 It's...It's The Sweet Mix The Sweet 2 You Spin Me Round (Like A Record) Dead Or Alive 2 The Last Kiss David Cassidy 3 Cry Godley & Creme 2 Everybody Wants To Rule The World Tears For Fears 6 Megarex 1 T.Rex 1 19 Paul Hardcastle 3 Obsession Animotion 2 So In Love Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark 2 Getcha Back The Beach Boys 3 There Must Be An Angel (Playing With My Heart) Eurythmics 2 Running Up That Hill Kate Bush 2 You And Your Heart So Blue Bucks Fizz 1 Dancing In The Street David Bowie/ Mick Jagger 1 Lean On Me (Ah-Ti-Ayo) Red Box 3 If I Was Midge Ure 2 Take On Me a-ha 2 Cities In Dust Siouxsie & The Banshees 1 A Good Heart Feargal Sharkey 2 I'm Your Man Wham! 2 West End Girls Pet Shop Boys 3 The Whole Of The Moon The Waterboys 1 Living On My Own (Remix) Freddie Mercury 1 Boys Of Summer Don Henley 2 1986 The Sun Always Shines On TV a-ha 6 Hounds Of Love Kate Bush 3 Calling America Electric Light Orchestra 2 E=MC2 Big Audio Dynamite 1 A Different Corner George Michael 9 (I'll Never Be) Maria Magdalena Sandra 2 Opportunities (Let's Make Lots Of Money) Pet Shop Boys 3 New Beginnings (Mamba Seyra) Bucks Fizz 4 Papa Don't Preach Madonna 3 Human The Human League 7 True Blue Madonna 1 Suburbia Pet Shop Boys 3 Take My Breath Away Berlin 2 Sometimes Erasure 3 Open Your Heart Madonna 3 Love Is All That Matters The Human League 4 Silent Running Mike + The Mechanics 1 1987 The E.P. live (How Can I Be Sure) David Cassidy 1 I Knew You were Waiting (For Me) Aretha Franklin/ George Michael 3 La Isla Bonita Madonna 3 Don't Dream It's Over Crowded House 2 Living In A Box Living In A Box 2 I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For U2 2 It's A Sin Pet Shop Boys 3 Who's That Girl Madonna 1 What Have I Done (To Deserve This) Pet Shop Boys/ Dusty Springfield 5 Little Lies Fleetwood Mac 4 You Win Again The Bee Gees 4 Bad Michael Jackson 1 The Way You Make Me Feel Michael Jackson 1 Always On My Mind Pet Shop Boys 3 Fairytale Of New York The Pogues/ Kirsty MacColl 3 True Faith New Order 1 1988 Shame Eurythmics 2 Tell It To My Heart Taylor Dayne 2 Man In The Mirror Michael Jackson 2 Love Changes (Everything) Climie Fisher 2 Joe Le Taxi Vanessa Paradis 1 Heart Pet Shop Boys 5 Theme From S Express S Express 2 One More Try George Michael 2 Alphabet Street Prince 2 Circle In The Sand Belinda Carlisle 3 Dirty Diana Michael Jackson 2 Monkey (Single remix) George Michael 2 You Came Kim Wilde 4 Another Part Of Me Michael Jackson 1 Domino Dancing Pet Shop Boys 1 What's On Your Mind (Pure Energy) Information Society 2 I Wish U Heaven Prince 1 Left To My Own Devices Pet Shop Boys 4 Keeping The Dream Alive Freiheit 1 When The Love Is Good Big Trouble 1 Driving Home For Christmas Chris Rea 1 1989 Four Letter Word Kim Wilde 3 You Got It Roy Orbison 2 Stop Sam Brown 2 Nothing Has Been Proved Dusty Springfield 1 This Time I Know It's For Real Donna Summer 3 Ordinary Lives The Bee Gees 2 Rooms On Fire Stevie Nicks 1 Every Little Step Bobby Brown 1 My Brave Face Paul McCartney 1 Sweet Child 'O' Mine Guns 'n' Roses 1 Express Yourself Madonna 1 Liberian Girl Michael Jackson 1 It's Alright Pet Shop Boys 1 101 Sheena Easton 2 Don't Wanna Lose You Gloria Estefan 4 Healing Hands Elton John 3 Sowing The Seeds Of Love Tears For Fears 7 If Only I Could Sydney Youngblood 1 Sacrifice Elton John 2 Room In Your Heart Living In A Box 1 All Around The World Lisa Stansfield 4 This Woman's Work Kate Bush 1 Dear Jessie Madonna 1 You Used To Distant Cousins 3 In Private Dusty Springfield 1 Listen To Your Heart Roxette 2 Love Shack B52's 1 There She Goes The La's 3 Awww that's sad about your Grandma. Coincidentally, This Time also has bittersweet memories for me - it was my Mum's favourite song (spoiler alert - she died. But we're still quite a few years away from that. I will try to keep that mini-bio more light-hearted I promise). I'm always fascinated by your own lists - that T.Rex Megarex sounds interesting! The only song I don't like is Liberian Girl. Otherwise, some amazing songs which topped your chart. Thanks John :wub:
May 17, 20205 yr Author Black Box - Ride On Time is great, Kon Kan - I Beg Your Pardon is a great song to sum up the 80s near the end of the decade, Jeff Wayne - Eve of The War is wonderfully dramatic, Madonna - Like A Prayer I really liked when I was younger (It was still shown a lot on music channels such as VH1 in the late 90s) and still sounds good (I also remember liking the 2002 cover by Mad'house from the time, thought this was a remixed re-release and that Madonna was singing on it but it is actually someone who sounds a lot like Madonna instead), the Technotronic/Felly - Pump Up The Jam is good but I much prefer Rockin' Over The Beat by them. For Neneh Cherry I don't know that song Manchild but would have included Buffalo Stance in my top 40 for 1989, and for Sydney Youngblood - If Only I Could (which sounds more mid 90s than late 80s). For 'I Drove All Night' I prefer the Roy Orbison version. Pet Shop Boys - It's Alright I would also add high up in my top 40 for the year too along with Inner City - Good Life. I would have also included Fine Young Cannibals - She Drives Me Crazy, Billy Joel - We Didn't Start The Fire and London Boys - London Nights. The original Listen To Your Heart a very nice song and DHT ft Edmee cover would make my top 40 for 2005. As for There She Goes by The La's is also a lovely song, I didn't realize it was a 1989 song, sounds more mid 90s. I remember it on the radio quite a bit later on in the 90s when I was a child (I was born in 1992). A great write-up there! Always an enjoyable read. I'd absolutely recommend checking Manchild out - a fantastic record. I think I'm in a minority regarding PSB's It's Alright - I LOVE the Introspective album version, but for me the single version is not in the same league. Of the ones you mentioned which didn't make it into my list, I like She Drives Me Crazy, Good Life and London Nights especially. Thanks for the comments :wub:
May 17, 20205 yr Author My top 20 from the year: 1. Tears For Fears - Woman In Chains 2. Mike & the Mechanics - The Living Years 3. Yello - Of Course I'm Lying 4. Tears For Fears - Sowing The Seeds Of Love 5. Pet Shop Boys - It's Alright 6. Freiheit - Keeping The Dream Alive 7. Queen - The Miracle 8. Midnight Oil - Beds Are Burning 9. New Order - Round And Round 10. Madonna - Like A Prayer 11. Kon Kan - I Beg Your Pardon 12. Queen - The Invisible Man 13. Chris Rea - The Road To Hell 14. Depeche Mode - Personal Jesus 15. Neneh Cherry - Manchild 16. Malcolm McLaren and the Bootzilla Orchestra featuring Lisa Marie - Something's Jumpin' In Your Shirt 17. The Lightning Seeds - Pure 18. Martika - Toy Soldiers 19. Billy Joel - We Didn't Start The Fire 20. The Bangles - Eternal Flame Ooh only 4 shared tracks this time! Although The Invisible Man and Something's Jumpin' In Your Shirt are just outside my 40. If The Introspective album version of It's Alright was edited down for the single, It's Alright would have been in my Top 10. Thanks Rollo :wub:
May 17, 20205 yr Author As we enter a new decade, a quick re-cap of my thrilling existence so far: purposely didn't speak until I was nearly 4 years old just to drive my family to despair and get attention, was friends with a toy fox, briefly dabbled in heterosexuality (and not for the last time I'm sorry to say), had an operation on my willy and was, generally, just an infuriating, snotty, constantly crying, little git of a child. So what memories and personal events of 1990 could possibly top that?......er………......erm……….....I think I went to Wales for two weeks? Edit: Something big did happen in 1990. My mum had her first book published. Life Is Just A Bowl Of Cherries by Anna King if anyone cares. That's what happens when you do these lists at 2 in the morning. And if you're a tad self-obsessed. Anyway, on to 1990. Before we go any further I should explain that whenever I compile my shortlist for each year I only include songs I love, rather than just like. I like loads of songs, so if I went by that criteria I could easily do a Top 200 for most years. All my lists of most loved tracks of the 80s exceeded 40 songs and cutting them down has been quite tough. I suppose this is a long-winded way of saying I struggled finding 40 songs I loved for 1990! In fact my original list was just 34 songs. Is this a trend that will continue into '91? (Spolier - no.) My Favourite Top 40 Hits Of 1990 1. Depeche Mode – Enjoy The Silence 2. Human League – Heart Like A Wheel 3. Londonbeat – I’ve Been Thinking About You 4. Julee Cruise – Falling 5. Talk Talk – It’s My Life 6. Lonnie Gordon – Happenin’ All Over Again 7. Beautiful South – A Little Time 8. Pet Shop Boys – So Hard 9. Black Box – I Don’t Know Anybody Else 10. Kylie Minogue – Better The Devil You Know 11. Belinda Carlisle – (We Want) The Same Thing 12. Pet Shop Boys – Being Boring 13. Blue Pearl – Naked In The Rain 14. DNA Feat. Suzanne Vega – Tom’s Diner 15. Deee-Lite – Groove Is In The Heart 16. Yazoo – Situation 17. Erasure – Blue Savannah 18. Chris Isaak – Wicked Game 19. Technotronic Feat. Ya Kid K – Get Up (Before The Night Is Over) 20. Inspiral Carpets – This Is How It Feels 21. Bananarama – Only Your Love 22. The Farm – All Together Now 23. Madonna – Justify My Love 24. Adventures Of Stevie V – Dirty Cash 25. Primal Scream – Loaded 26. EMF – Unbelievable 27. Sinead O’Connor – Nothing Compares 2 U 28. Sinitta – Hitchin’ A Ride 29. Kim Appleby – Don’t Worry 30. Wilson Phillips – Hold On 31. Sting – Englishman In New York 32. Adamski – Killer 33. Madonna – Vogue 34. Beats International – Dub Be Good To Me 35. Happy Mondays – Step On 36. Jimmy Somerville – Read My Lips (Enough Is Enough) 37. Belinda Carlisle – Runaway Horses 38. The Cure – Close To Me 39. Maria McKee – Show Me Heaven 40. Roxette – It Must Have Been Love Edited May 17, 20205 yr by AH Gold
May 17, 20205 yr Awww that's sad about your Grandma. Coincidentally, This Time also has bittersweet memories for me - it was my Mum's favourite song (spoiler alert - she died. But we're still quite a few years away from that. I will try to keep that mini-bio more light-hearted I promise). I'm always fascinated by your own lists - that T.Rex Megarex sounds interesting! The only song I don't like is Liberian Girl. Otherwise, some amazing songs which topped your chart. Thanks John :wub: Oh that's so sad AH, no-one should lose their mum while young. Losing Grandma was difficult enough. Megarex was a mix of the hits, there were so many of these artist hits mash-ups in the 80's, this one was quite late to the party - I think the fan club bought up the EMI Bolan rights, but not the early Fly label stuff, so they were free to do all sorts of stuff the labels wouldn't think about. Librarian Girl was surely a song in favour of books? What's not to approve of :lol:
May 17, 20205 yr Must be the 1999 re-release airplay I remembered from the time as it was definitively the La's version I remember from my childhood. Why did you chart this and Elton John - Sacrifice so early I wonder? Particularly Elton John - Sacrifice I am curious about, surely it would have went straight to top 10 or #1 with Elton's name-power if it was released in mid to late 1989? Elton couldn't sell enough to make the UK top 40 by 1989, his career was in a real slump - even a return to form wasn't enough, and touring (I saw him at Wembley Arena that year). The USA remained more loyal, and Sacrifice became a huge US radio hit, and subsequently fave of Steve Wright then on Radio 1 who plugged it a lot, so the UK label had another go with both the first 2 singles off the album pushed out again about a year later as a double A side - which returned him to the big time for the first time in about 5 years, and gave him his first solo number one after almost 20 years of trying. It wouldn't be the last time Elton topped the Uk chart with a flop track that should have been a big hit first time round.....! :)
May 17, 20205 yr I must confess, I am a bit of a S/A/W fan I'm afraid :lol: so there'll be quite a lot appearing over the next few years. Regarding the TOTP repeats, as a show I always felt it was at its strongest in the '81-'84 years. :heart: Don't apologise lol it's your tastes!! I liked some SAW but mainly the classics like Rick Astley and Dead or Alive!
May 17, 20205 yr Good to see Enjoy The Silence at the top of your list. I agree 1990 wasn't as good for chart hits as the previous 10 years and only eight songs from my list are from my all-time top 1000 chart. 1. Chris Rea - Tell Me There's A Heaven 2. Depeche Mode - Enjoy The Silence 3. Fish - A Gentleman's Excuse Me 4. Phil Collins - I Wish It Would Rain Down 5. Tears For Fears - Advice For The Young At Heart 6. Marillion - Easter 7. Propaganda - Heaven Give Me Words 8. The Farm - All Together Now 9. Talk Talk - It's My Life 10. The KLF - What Time Is Love? 11. Del Amitri - Nothing Ever Happens 12. They Might Be Giants - Birdhouse In Your Soul 13. Englandneworder - World In Motion 14. Aha - Crying In The Rain 15. Madonna - Dear Jessie 16. Aztec Camera and Mick Jones - Good Morning Britain 17. Pet Shop Boys - So Hard 18. Erasure - Blue Savannah 19. Primal Scream - Loaded 20. Human League - Heart Like A Wheel
May 17, 20205 yr Bad year for albums but some great singles... fav songs of 1990: Nothing compares 2 U, Betty Boo - Doin' the Do and Where are you Baby, Vogue and Justify my Love, Enjoy the Silence, EMF- Unbelievable, Killer, Wicked Game Jesus Jones - Real real real and Right here, right now, A-ha - Crying in the rain, Primal Scream - Loaded, Tom's Diner, Roxette - It must have been love, Mariah Carey - Vision of Love and Love Takes Time (but she lost me quickly as a fan) Del Amitri - Nothing ever happens, The Cure - Never enough, Alannah Myles-Black velvet
May 17, 20205 yr Enjoy the Silence is a great song to listen to in the car, it is one of those 'driving songs' I think. The Londonbeat track has been a long time favourite of mine from the 90s and the singer really sounds like the singer from Fine Young Cannibals. It's My Life and A Little Time are lovely tracks. The dance music of 1990 in general wasn't the best and some other years in the 90s were in general better for chart dance music, but the Blue Pearl, Adamski and Adventures of Stevie V tracks are all great, particularly the Blue Pearl one which sounds like an 1991-2 rave track come early. For Technotronic, I would have chosen Rockin Over The Beat rather than Get Up as one of my top 40 for 1990. Tom's Diner is a good quirky mix of indie and dance. The new remix of it (Pour the Milk by Robbie Doherty & Keees) is good enough but doesn't beat the original. Adamski and Seal - Killer is still a good dance tune. Chris Isaak - Wicked Game is very good, much better than that cover of it a few years ago. Why was that Yazoo track rereleased in this year, maybe they wanted to make a point that they were still relevant after the success of the similarly named Yazz?! Either way the song is another good one from them. All Together Now is such an anthem (the synths sampling a great classical tune too), it used to be one of the definitive pop songs of the 90s for me, along with Nothing Compares 2 U, one of the best ballads to ever make the chart. Englishman in New York I like particularly because of the instrumentation on it - great chillout track. Jimmy Somerville Read My Lips (Enough is Enough) reminds me a bit of Erasure in style. Finally Maria McKee and Roxette are of the synthpop-power ballad style that seems to have been popular at the time - see also Elton John's Sacrifice. All nice songs though. I think Starship back in 1987 might have made this style popular. Not much would have made my chart that you haven't already included - the aforementioned Elton John - Sacrifice, KLF - What Time Is Love, the two 49ers hits and maybe Betty Boo - Where Are You Baby (just for the chorus as the rest of the song isn't that great). Edited May 17, 20205 yr by The Snake
May 19, 20205 yr Author Oh that's so sad AH, no-one should lose their mum while young. Losing Grandma was difficult enough. Megarex was a mix of the hits, there were so many of these artist hits mash-ups in the 80's, this one was quite late to the party - I think the fan club bought up the EMI Bolan rights, but not the early Fly label stuff, so they were free to do all sorts of stuff the labels wouldn't think about. Librarian Girl was surely a song in favour of books? What's not to approve of :lol: I think I've found it on youtube - it's a DMC 'Megarex' from 1985 and 8 minutes long. It's quite good actually. :wub:
May 19, 20205 yr Author Good to see Enjoy The Silence at the top of your list. I agree 1990 wasn't as good for chart hits as the previous 10 years and only eight songs from my list are from my all-time top 1000 chart. 1. Chris Rea - Tell Me There's A Heaven 2. Depeche Mode - Enjoy The Silence 3. Fish - A Gentleman's Excuse Me 4. Phil Collins - I Wish It Would Rain Down 5. Tears For Fears - Advice For The Young At Heart 6. Marillion - Easter 7. Propaganda - Heaven Give Me Words 8. The Farm - All Together Now 9. Talk Talk - It's My Life 10. The KLF - What Time Is Love? 11. Del Amitri - Nothing Ever Happens 12. They Might Be Giants - Birdhouse In Your Soul 13. Englandneworder - World In Motion 14. Aha - Crying In The Rain 15. Madonna - Dear Jessie 16. Aztec Camera and Mick Jones - Good Morning Britain 17. Pet Shop Boys - So Hard 18. Erasure - Blue Savannah 19. Primal Scream - Loaded 20. Human League - Heart Like A Wheel Despite it not being the best of years, I see a mutual 7 shared tracks - an improvement on '89. KLF, Del Amitri, They Might Be Giants, Englandneworder & A-ha are my picks of the rest. Cheers Rollo :wub:
May 19, 20205 yr Author Bad year for albums but some great singles... fav songs of 1990: Nothing compares 2 U, Betty Boo - Doin' the Do and Where are you Baby, Vogue and Justify my Love, Enjoy the Silence, EMF- Unbelievable, Killer, Wicked Game Jesus Jones - Real real real and Right here, right now, A-ha - Crying in the rain, Primal Scream - Loaded, Tom's Diner, Roxette - It must have been love, Mariah Carey - Vision of Love and Love Takes Time (but she lost me quickly as a fan) Del Amitri - Nothing ever happens, The Cure - Never enough, Alannah Myles-Black velvet Ah, Betty Boo. I much preferred her '93 single Hangover, which would definitely would have made my 1993 list if it made the Top 40 :cry: There's probably only a handful of Mariah singles I like. I'm not familiar with Love Takes Time, will have to youtube it. Cheers Bjork :wub:
May 19, 20205 yr Author Enjoy the Silence is a great song to listen to in the car, it is one of those 'driving songs' I think. The Londonbeat track has been a long time favourite of mine from the 90s and the singer really sounds like the singer from Fine Young Cannibals. It's My Life and A Little Time are lovely tracks. The dance music of 1990 in general wasn't the best and some other years in the 90s were in general better for chart dance music, but the Blue Pearl, Adamski and Adventures of Stevie V tracks are all great, particularly the Blue Pearl one which sounds like an 1991-2 rave track come early. For Technotronic, I would have chosen Rockin Over The Beat rather than Get Up as one of my top 40 for 1990. Tom's Diner is a good quirky mix of indie and dance. The new remix of it (Pour the Milk by Robbie Doherty & Keees) is good enough but doesn't beat the original. Adamski and Seal - Killer is still a good dance tune. Chris Isaak - Wicked Game is very good, much better than that cover of it a few years ago. Why was that Yazoo track rereleased in this year, maybe they wanted to make a point that they were still relevant after the success of the similarly named Yazz?! Either way the song is another good one from them. All Together Now is such an anthem (the synths sampling a great classical tune too), it used to be one of the definitive pop songs of the 90s for me, along with Nothing Compares 2 U, one of the best ballads to ever make the chart. Englishman in New York I like particularly because of the instrumentation on it - great chillout track. Jimmy Somerville Read My Lips (Enough is Enough) reminds me a bit of Erasure in style. Finally Maria McKee and Roxette are of the synthpop-power ballad style that seems to have been popular at the time - see also Elton John's Sacrifice. All nice songs though. I think Starship back in 1987 might have made this style popular. Not much would have made my chart that you haven't already included - the aforementioned Elton John - Sacrifice, KLF - What Time Is Love, the two 49ers hits and maybe Betty Boo - Where Are You Baby (just for the chorus as the rest of the song isn't that great). Another great write up :wub: Maybe I could have squeezed Sacrifice in, I do quite like it. As for Yazoo, I'm not sure why Situation re-emerged in 1990. Good old Wikipedia just tells me it was remixed.
May 19, 20205 yr Author Ah. my tenth year of existence and the start of my last year at dreaded primary school. I don't remember much of what I learnt, but that was probably because I spent most of the term in the corridor. I do remember hating my form teacher with a passion (I'm sure the feeling was mutual). She sent me out of class quite often due to my new found hobby of swearing. F this, F that. I was a chav years before it was fashionable. I had ditched Freddie The Fox by this point, who by now was looking broken and shattered. Not unlike a couple of future boyfriends actually now I think about it. I was also rushed to hospital again this year. We were in Wales visiting friends we made on holiday in Majorca in 1989. They had a brand new cat. Turns out I was deadly allergic. Even then all the signs were telling me to stay away from pussy. (I'll get my coat). Anyway, on to 1991's hits. A much better year than its predecessor for me. The initial shortlist was 45 tracks. Offshore, Beverley Craven, Salt-N-Pepa, Amy Grant & Sabrina Johnson are the ones missing out this time. You'll also notice a couple of oldies here, particularly The Clash, who of course originally charted in 1982 with both entries on this list. Both peaked much higher in '91, hence why they're here. My Favourite Top 40 Hits Of 1991 1. Enigma – Sadness Part 1 2. The Clash – Rock The Casbah 3. Belinda Carlisle – Do You Feel Like I Feel 4. Belinda Carlisle – Summer Rain 5. Cola Boy – 7 Ways To Love 6. R.E.M – Losing My Religion 7. Kirsty MacColl – Walking Down Madison 8. Frances Nero – Footsteps Following Me 9. Massive Attack – Unfinished Sympathy 10. Saint Etienne – Only Love Can Break Your Heart 11. Belinda Carlisle – Live Your Life Be Free 12. Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – Sailing On The Seven Seas 13. Divinyls – I Touch Myself 14. Cathy Dennis – Touch Me (All Night Long) 15. Monty Python – Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life 16. Xpansions – Move Your Body (Elevation) 17. Rozalla – Everybody’s Free (To Feel Good) 18. Jason Donovan – R.S.V.P 19. Erasure – Love To Hate You 20. Bizarre Inc – Playing With Knives 21. Bassheads – Is There Anybody Out There? 22. Kylie Minogue – What Do I Have To Do 23. Marky Mark & The Funky Bunch Feat. Loleatta Holloway – Good Vibrations 24. Queen – I’m Going Slightly Mad 25. Crystal Waters – Gypsy Woman (La Da Dee) 26. Oceanic – Insanity 27. Waterboys – Whole Of The Moon 28. Billy Bragg – Sexuality 29. Pet Shop Boys – Jealousy 30. 2 Unlimited – Get Ready For This 31. C & C Music Factory Feat. Freedom Williams – Gonna Make You Sweat 32. The Clash – Should I Stay Or Should I Go 33. Slade – Radio Wall Of Sound 34. Congress – 40 Miles 35. Erasure – Am I Right? 36. Moby – Go 37. Utah Saints – What Can You Do For Me 38. Nirvana – Smells Like Teen Spirit 39. KLF Feat. The Children Of The Revolution – 3 A.M Eternal 40. Bananarama – Preacherman
May 19, 20205 yr One thing I think it's very different is if you look at those charts as an adult right now and say what songs do I like... or if you think what songs did I like back then in 91 when I was a kid... cos I mean I look at the list right now and I immediately think Massive Attack what a tune, but as a kid, it totally passed me by and was more into Chesney Hawkes - The one and only than into Unfinished sympathy :D as a kid I remember discovering REM and Nirvana in 1991 so my fav songs of the year would probably be Losing my Religion and Smells like Teen Spirit. I remember I was also obsessed with Beverley Craven- Promise Me, despite being quite AOR and I even learned to play the song, I remember it was super hard to play and also very difficult to sing Sadly I tried recently to play the song again and cannot seem to recall it :/
May 19, 20205 yr My top 20 from the year: 1. Queen - Innuendo 2. Massive Attack - Unfinished Sympathy 3. The KLF - Last Train To Trancentral 4. Mike and the Mechanics - Word Of Mouth 5. Queen - These Are The Days Of Our Lives 6. Pet Shop Boys - Jealousy 7. OMD - Sailing On The Seven Seas 8. Genesis - No Son Of Mine 9. Pet Shop Boys - Where The Streets Have No Name-Can't Take My Eyes Off You 10. Marillion - Dry Land 11. Queen - I'm Going Slightly Mad 12. Enigma - Sadeness Part 1 13. Martika - Love...Thy Will Be Done 14. The KLF - 3am Eternal 15. Pet Shop Boys - DJ Culture 16. Marillion - Cover My Eyes (Pain And Heaven) 17. PM Dawn - Set Adrift On Memory Bliss 18. Chesney Hawkes - The One And Only 19. OMD - Pandora's Box 20. James - Sit Down
May 19, 20205 yr Some great dance tracks that year, the Xpansions, 2 Unlimited, Crystal Waters and the Utah Saints ones are good tunes (I prefer 'Something Good' by Utah Saints though), but the Oceanic, Moby, Rozalla (really nice vocals with this one and the rave synth bit is also a highlight), KLF and Bizarre Inc ones are my favourites from your list along with of course the epic Unfinished Sympathy by Massive Attack. I don't know that Loleatta Holloway song but Cappella ft Loleatta Holloway - Take Me Away is a good tune in early 1992. That Cathy Dennis song I know best from a cover by Angel City that was a hit in 2004, the cover wasn't as good as Angel City's chart debut which makes my top 40 for 2003. The Divinyls song is a good pop rock song, for Queen I would have added Innuendo to my top 40 for 1991. The Nirvana track is great too. Would have added KLF - Last Train To Trancentral (prefer this to am Eternal but would have added both to my top 40 for the year. Would also have added Nomad - (I Wanna Give You) Devotion, Bizarre Inc - Such A Feeling and Eastside Beat - Ride Like The Wind. My top 20 from the year: 5. Queen - These Are The Days Of Our Lives 13. Martika - Love...Thy Will Be Done 20. James - Sit Down These Are the Days Of Our Lives is great and certainly one of the more emotion filled of Queen's songs, I think it is my favourite ever Queen song, it is sad to listen to though especially as it was one of Freddie Mercury's last songs. I don't know that Martika song but I would have added Martika's iamspamspamamito my top 40 for 1991. The James track I would have added too, it certainly sounds more mid 90s than 1991. Edited May 19, 20205 yr by The Snake
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